self
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.”
“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”
“Circumstances do not make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others.”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself.”
“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”
“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”
“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”